Matchbox Twenty. / Special to the Register

See Matchbox Twenty on Sunday at Civic Center

On again, off again rock band Matchbox Twenty is currently on again. If you flip through the radio right now, there is a 75 percent chance a station will be playing “Push,” “3 a.m.,” “Real World,” “Back 2 Good” or frontman Rob Thomas’ collaboration with Santana, “Smooth.” Phillip Phillips opens.

Dance series kicks off with Garth Fagan troupe

Tony award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan’s dancers communicate with energy the depth, precision and grace of his work. Fagan’s ever-evolving dance language draws on many sources: sense of weight in modern dance, torso-centered movement and energy of Afro-Caribbean, speed and precision of ballet, and the rule-breaking experimentation of the post-moderns. This is the kickoff to the Civic Center’s dance series.

Celebrate Fat Tuesday at Buzzard Billy's

Buzzard Billy’s celebrates its first Fat Tuesday since reopening after the floods of 2008. There will be plenty of hurricanes, beads and Cajun food from 11 a.m. to close. Drama Kings will play Dixieland jazz from 6 to 10 p.m. There will be food and drink specials throughout the day. This may be the closest Des Moines gets to an episode of “Treme.”

Bacon Fest day arrives for lucky 8,000

Did you get tickets to the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival? If so, you’ll get the annual festival of bacon purveyors, team-building activities, live music, comprehensive bacon education lectures and apocalyptic survival training. If not, you can still attend tonight’s Bacon Queen Pageant, from 5 to 10 p.m. at Johnny’s Hall of Fame, 302 Court Ave.